Report by Kahnu Nanda; Jagatsinghpur: The state ruling BJD was retained Jagatsinghpur Zilla Parishad and emerged victorious in 22 ZP zones out of 26 went to polls, for the first time BJP opened its account in 3 ZP zones, sadly congress was satisfied with 1 ZP zone in Balikuda, as official ZP elections vote counting held in several blocks on Saturday.

The BJD had also put up a splendid performance in Jagatsinghpur block out 4 seats the party captured 4 when its candidates Manju Mallick, Jagannath Muduli, Kiranabala Sasmal and Bilasisni Devi officially declared elected on Saturday as counting held in Jagatsinghpur block. Similarly in Biridi block congress relegated to the second position in ZP polls when BJD candidates won in ZP zones 1 and 2.